What do you do when your game falls apart?

No offense to anyone with my last post..... But that is what happens to golfers when their game goes south, or they become commentators.....

It really is amazing to me though, how many people say.... "well I am just giving up"!

I still practice about 2 hours per day.... positive practice... anyone that goes to the range just to hit full swings with no purpose is not practicing... you are just giving the range money...

There is not one Pro golfer that goes to the range too hit shots, we all go to practice, and that means to do drills to get better....

Getting better is drills drills drills.... if you are making a swing change, you cannot go to the range and do full swing after full swing and hope the change will suddenly appear... you do small shots or set drills till the feeling is natural.... It takes a long time and a lot of balls and disipline......

There are very few people who do this, so I am always amused when I hear the "I am giving up chant"

Hey dran1xx, for your slice try this. If your grip is weak or neutral, its sometimes difficult to time when to start closing your clubface with your hands i.e. the hands flipping over movement past impact.

The quick fix is to strengthen your grip, maybe see 3 knuckles on the top of your off hand, and keep this angle through impact. This minimizes the need to flip your hands through impact to close the clubface as its already square or closed at the top of your backswing.

And if you swing inside to out with this strong grip its almost certain to achieve a nice draw shot. But an outside to in or a.k.a. a typical slice path would surely cause a double cross, or a pull hook.

As for your friend's putting vendetta there's no quick fix. Its all about practice practice practice

shorthitter wrote:

No offense to anyone with my last post..... But that is what happens to golfers when their game goes south, or they become commentators.....

It really is amazing to me though, how many people say.... "well I am just giving up"!

I still practice about 2 hours per day.... positive practice... anyone that goes to the range just to hit full swings with no purpose is not practicing... you are just giving the range money...

There is not one Pro golfer that goes to the range too hit shots, we all go to practice, and that means to do drills to get better....

Getting better is drills drills drills.... if you are making a swing change, you cannot go to the range and do full swing after full swing and hope the change will suddenly appear... you do small shots or set drills till the feeling is natural.... It takes a long time and a lot of balls and disipline......

There are very few people who do this, so I am always amused when I hear the "I am giving up chant"

well said......

juz tht sometimes i feel so fustrated with me self tht i cant even have a normal proper swing(be it iron or driver) after i juz play quite well consistently for a couple of months...
and my swing can juz fall apart juz like tht.... my score diff can be as high as 25??!!!!!!
sigh........ maybe i m juz not cut out to be a decent golfer....

Technospaz wrote:

I was actually referring to what you would do midway through the game. You know, after 4-5 holes when you suddenly realize that no matter how good a swing, your ball is going to end up either in the bushes or get eaten up a roving crocodile. Things just aren't working out.

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Try declaring you lost the bet for the round, minize damage and just play your game without additional distractions. Works for me.

No lah brother Jake, sometimes we all go through a slump, be it our swing or our putting.

Push forth bro! You can do it!!!!

chemicalpro wrote:

No lah brother Jake, sometimes we all go through a slump, be it our swing or our putting.

Push forth bro! You can do it!!!!

tx bro.... guess i will take a break n "forget" all the bad habits...

and next time i will practice more "drills" at range to groove the correct feeling as SH says... good advice...

jaketang wrote:

juz tht sometimes i feel so fustrated with me self tht i cant even have a normal proper swing(be it iron or driver) after i juz play quite well consistently for a couple of months...
and my swing can juz fall apart juz like tht.... my score diff can be as high as 25??!!!!!!
sigh........ maybe i m juz not cut out to be a decent golfer....

No one is judging you my man, the bottom line is YOU have to decide what you want from the game... and yes it is a game...

If all you want is to go out with your mates once a week and enjoy nature, then accept it, you will shoot 100+ if you want to be competitive and shoot in the 70's then you need to work hard...

That is life... decide what you want then go after it or resign yourself to the fact.....

shorthitter wrote:

jaketang wrote:

juz tht sometimes i feel so fustrated with me self tht i cant even have a normal proper swing(be it iron or driver) after i juz play quite well consistently for a couple of months...
and my swing can juz fall apart juz like tht.... my score diff can be as high as 25??!!!!!!
sigh........ maybe i m juz not cut out to be a decent golfer....

No one is judging you my man, the bottom line is YOU have to decide what you want from the game... and yes it is a game...

If all you want is to go out with your mates once a week and enjoy nature, then accept it, you will shoot 100+ if you want to be competitive and shoot in the 70's then you need to work hard...

That is life... decide what you want then go after it or resign yourself to the fact.....

you r right sir, no doubt....

i will try to look for my pro again (been ages, cant even remb the last time) and work out some routine n plan....
will try very hard to be a decent player.

r u @ laguna?

I am at Laguna my friend, but I am not advertising I am advising...... I know just how frustrating this game can be....

I played today 44-35... killed me....

Thats why now I say enjoy... you want to get better do it... you happy with just the excercise then accept it....


You see me at Laguna..... I like beer!!!!!!!!!!!

shorthitter wrote:

I am at Laguna my friend, but I am not advertising I am advising...... I know just how frustrating this game can be....

I played today 44-35... killed me....

Thats why now I say enjoy... you want to get better do it... you happy with just the excercise then accept it....


You see me at Laguna..... I like beer!!!!!!!!!!!

okay...

i might be popping by tmr in the afternoon...
who knows...

why u come to other ppl thread to lelong........

suppose to help TS want, now u come in to steal his moment...... wait u kenna yellow card then u know


i assume today game din go too well...... but i heard u like to tell ppl u no good, use 5w tee-off (but come back with low 90s score)

slinger wrote:

why u come to other ppl thread to lelong........

suppose to help TS want, now u come in to steal his moment...... wait u kenna yellow card then u know


i assume today game din go too well...... but i heard u like to tell ppl u no good, use 5w tee-off (but come back with low 90s score)

rumors are always blown up... truth is today sux n lose big time (tulan not on the $$$ but nothing go right... everything worse...)

yo bro, we suppose to have a game next week.... let's do it n i will stay away from green for 2009 liao (though got 1 more game, the GR tourney, sure support)

i also heard he said he played 110s and come back with sub 90 score

jump to yellow river oso cant wash clean.....

you laiz0r!!!

Hey SH

I'm still waiting for ur HH or MB trip. Drove past it last week and remembered u. Its getting cold now so I assume it will be postponed till next yr?

LOL! For what it's worth, listening to you guys tcss helps me realize that golf isn't just about the game but the friends and fellowship as well

jaketang wrote:

jump to yellow river oso cant wash clean.....

your buddies techno and ai miyazato told me

S70B wrote:

Hey SH

I'm still waiting for ur HH or MB trip. Drove past it last week and remembered u. Its getting cold now so I assume it will be postponed till next yr?

Yup April or May you still there?

sunny wrote:

jaketang wrote:

jump to yellow river oso cant wash clean.....

your buddies techno and ai miyazato told me

apparently they said tht with the intention of asking more stroke...

i think u know miyazato better then me..

jaketang wrote:

sunny wrote:

jaketang wrote:

jump to yellow river oso cant wash clean.....

your buddies techno and ai miyazato told me

apparently they said tht with the intention of asking more stroke...

i think u know miyazato better then me..

she and i play even...so that means i can ask strokes from you

sunny, juz take my $$$$... i lost even when play level...

OT liao....

better dun hijack my bro thread...


goin to sleep n forget today....

shorthitter wrote:

S70B wrote:

Hey SH

I'm still waiting for ur HH or MB trip. Drove past it last week and remembered u. Its getting cold now so I assume it will be postponed till next yr?

Yup April or May you still there?

No unfortunately, I will be just back in San Diego.

Drop me a pm if you decide on Torrey Pines.

see lah, ppl pe-chiak your lobang oreadi......

dun always ask for strokes, sometimes its better not to ask

for next week, u can play level but throw the game, then the following game double the bets..... call yourself a NSRCC member hahahaha

jaketang wrote:

sunny wrote:

jaketang wrote:

jump to yellow river oso cant wash clean.....

your buddies techno and ai miyazato told me

apparently they said tht with the intention of asking more stroke...

i think u know miyazato better then me..

i think i better speak for miyazato before it gets out of hand cos i believe techno and miyazato did not say JT played 110s.. cos.. that's impossible!! the one that played 110s in one game, and the next game 90s.. is.. Miyazato..

anyway back to techno bro, i think u controlled ur emotions very well that day with just a few outbursts. i get pissed with myself all the time, and i think it's only natural to curse n swear at that moment (mloy can demostrate that very well! hehe..), but u recovered and came back smiling and that's admirable! i encountered people that gave black face thruout the game.. now, thats scary..